Water-pressure safety oil-feeder.



No. 703,824. y Patented `,1u|y.|, |902.

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WATER PRESSURE SAFETY OIL FEEDER.

(Application firedreb. 11, 1902.)

(No Model.)

W .J1/MA1; few #6% NITED STATES,

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WATER-PRESSURE SAFETY OIL-FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,824, dated July 1, 1902. Application filed February 1l, 1902. Serial No. 92,626. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. QUINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Costa, in the county of Contra Costa and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Pressure Safety Oilflieeders; and lI d o hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to means for supplying liquid fuel to nre-boxes.

The objects of this invention are to provide for the purpose mentioned and analogous uses a liquid-fuel-supplying device which while being adapted to any conditions in which liquid fuel is employed shall be peculiarly adapted for household use. In carrying out this object it is desirable and necessary that the condition of absolute safety from accidental fires shall be provided for. Provision for safety from accidental fires or from the ignition of the fuel in case of destruction of the residence in which this invention is employed by tire is therefore another important object of this invention. Convenience of operation and reliability and simplicity of construction are all necessary and desirable in devices of this character to be used in households. These also are ob-l jects of the presentinvention. All these objects are accomplished by means ot the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the device With its pipes and'connections to a stove where the fuel .is being used. Fig. 2 is a modification in which a different form of safety provision is employed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 is a receptacle of suitable, material, shown for conveniencel as a barrel. This receptacle is supplied with an inlet-pipe 2 for water, connected with a water-main or other suitable supply. It is also furnished with a draw-off pipe 3, having a stop-cock. et. This Vpipe 3 may be, asis shown, connected with the sewer for the purpose of conducting away the waste water. I The receptacle lis also provided with another pipe 5, located near its upper extremity. This last-mentioned pipe 5 is also provided with a stop-cock 6. Within the receptacle 1 and preferably attached to its upper head or cover is a collapsible receptacle 7, of

`casing of larger size and the space between it and its casing filled with water, earth, or other incombustible material, as shown in Fig. 2. The pipes 2 and 10 are supplied eachA with a valve or cock to regulate the iiow of fluid therethrough. These valves or stopcocks are operated by the same handle, so as to provide for the simultaneous turning on and oi`1c of the oil` and the water. I have shown for this purpose a double valve 11, in which the plug 12 is common to both pipes, having a separate port or passage for each supply-pipe, as is shown in section in Fig. 1. l3`is a burner of suitable form which is connected with the oil-supply pipe and .enters the 'fire-box.

In operation when the valve 12 is opened the water-pressure in pipe 2 is admitted to the receptacle 1 on the outside of the collapsible oil-receptacle 7, thus putting the pressure of the water-main upon the oil contained therein, forcing it through the open valve 12 to the burner 13..

Owing to the collapsible character of the.

oil-receptacle, its contained oil is forced out as used, and the opening or shutting of the oil-valve shuts off also the pressure of the water. When all the oil has been forced out of its receptacle, the waste-valve 4t and the air-valveJ 6 are opened, thus permitting the water in the receptacle 1 lto fiow away as waste. vThe oil-receptacle can then `be filled through the oil-supply pipe, the air-valve being open, and the operation againV repeated. The contained air in the receptacle 1 is of course permitted to escape around the oilreceptacle, after which the air-valve is closed during the use of the device.

As already suggested, the burial of the device in the earth, though usually the most convenient and desirable arrangement, is not of the essence `of the invention, it being only IOO one means of protection. Any other suitable fire protecting covering, such as that indicated in Fig. 2, may he used.

It is obvious that various changes in the device herein described Will readily suggest themselves to mechanicslto adapt it to particular circumstances and conditions of operation Without departing from the essential character of the invention. I therefore do not confine myself to the particular form or proportion of parts herein described and shown.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.- A'device for containing and supplying fuel-oil and like materials comprising an outer receptacle and an inner collapsible receptacle for oil, and a Water-supply pipe to the interior of the outer receptacle exterior to the inner one, and an oil-discharge pipe from the inner receptacle and a valve common to and controlling both of the pipes.

2. A device for containing and supplying fuel-oilandlikematerials com prisingan outer receptacle provided with a valved Waste-pipe and an inner collapsible receptacle for oil having a valved supply-pipe, and a Watersupply pipe to the interior of the outer receptacle, exterior to the inner one,'and oildischarge pipe from the inner receptacle and a valve common to and controlling the Watersupply and oil-discharge pipes.

3. A device for containing and supplying fuel-oil and like materials comprising an outer receptacle provided'with a valve-controlled air-inlet and an inner collapsible receptacle for oil and a Water-supply pipe to the interior of the outer receptacle, exterior to the inner one, and an oil-discharge pipe from the inner receptacle and a valve common to and controlling both of the pipes.

4. A device for containing and supplying fuel-oil and like materials comprising an outer receptacle provided with a valved waste-pipe and a valve-controlled air-inlet, and an inner collapsible receptacle for oil having a valved supply-pipe, and a water-supply pipe to the interior of the outer receptacle, exterior tothe i inner one, and an oil-discharge pipe from the inner receptacle and a valve common to and controlling the Water supply and oil -discharge pipes.

5. A device for containing and supplying fuel-oil and like materials comprising an outer receptacle inclosed Within an incombustible envelop and an inner collapsible receptacle for oil and a Water-supply pipe to the interior of the outer receptacle, exterior to the inner one and an oil-discharge pipe from the inner receptacle and a Valve common to and controlling both of said pipes.

6. A device for containing and supplying fuel-oil and like materials comprising an outer receptacle inclosed Within an incombustible lenvelop and provided with a valved Wastepipe and an inner collapsible receptacle for oil having a valved supply-pipe and a Watersupply pipe to the interior of the outer receptacle, exterior to the inner one, and an oil-discharge pipe from the inner receptacle and a valve common to and controlling the Watersupply and oil-discharge'pipes.

7. A device for containing and supplying fuel-oil and like materials comprising an outer receptacle inclosed Within an incombustible envelop and provided with valve-controlled air-inlet and an inner collapsible receptacle for oil and a Water-supply pipe to the interior of the outer receptacle, exterior to the inner one, and an oil-discharge pipe from the inner receptacle and a Valve common to and controlling both of the pipes.

8. A device for containing and supplying fuel-oil and like materials comprising an outer receptacle inclosed Within an incombustible envelop and provided with a-valved wastepipe and a valve-controlled air-inlet and an inner collapsible receptacle for oil having a valved supply-pipe, and a Water-supply pipe to the interior of the outer receptacle, exterior to the inner one, and an oil-discharge pipe from the inner receptacle and a valve common to and controlling the Water-supply and oildischarge pipes.

JOHN C. QUINN.

Witnesses:

WM. K. WHITE, JESSE R. Eorr. 

